David Cassidy to enter plea

But ex-pop star won't be in local court Wednesday

By Bob Gardinier

Updated 9:40 pm, Wednesday, May 7, 2014

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This Aug. 8, 2009 file photo shows actor-singer David Cassidy, best known for his role as Keith Partridge on "The Partridge Family," arrives at the ABC Disney Summer press tour party in Pasadena, Calif. Cassidy was sentenced by a Los Angeles judge on Monday, March. 24, 2014 to serve 90 days in rehab and five years on informal probation on a drunken driving case filed after the 1970s heartthrob's arrest earlier this year. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File) less

This Aug. 8, 2009 file photo shows actor-singer David Cassidy, best known for his role as Keith Partridge on "The Partridge Family," arrives at the ABC Disney Summer press tour party in Pasadena, Calif. Cassidy ... more

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Actor/Singer David Cassidy sits in the clubhouse at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, NY on July 26, 2010. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union archive)

Actor/Singer David Cassidy sits in the clubhouse at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, NY on July 26, 2010. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union archive)

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In this 2006 archive photo, state Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, left, is shwn with David Cassidy at the Travers Celebration in Saratoga Springs. (Times Union archive)

In this 2006 archive photo, state Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, left, is shwn with David Cassidy at the Travers Celebration in Saratoga Springs. (Times Union archive)

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David Cassidy to enter plea

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The name of a former teen idol is on the town court docket for a Wednesday evening plea and sentencing appearance, but he won't be there.

Singer David Cassidy remains in an alcohol rehabilitation program he was ordered to attend after his sentence for his third DWI arrest in Los Angeles in January. Cassidy in coming months will enter a plea to local DWI charges for an August traffic stop on routes 9 and 20.

"He is still in treatment, so we will be asking for an adjournment," said Cassidy's local attorney, Lucas Mihuta.

Cassidy, who turned 64 last month, was charged with felony DWI on Aug. 21 after he was pulled over by town police for not dimming his Volvo's headlights for oncoming traffic. A regular at the Saratoga flat track during the season, Cassidy was on his way to visit friends in Columbia County at the time, police said.

He reportedly had a 0.10 percent blood alcohol content. Felony charges were lodged because at the time it was Cassidy's second DWI in 10 years. He had a 2011 DWI conviction in Florida.

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Mihuta and the Rensselaer County District Attorney's Office have reached an agreement to reduce the charge to a misdemeanor and allow Cassidy to plead and be sentenced in a one-time appearance in town court, officials have said.

No jail time or probation is required in the agreement, people with knowledge of the arrangement said.